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brick construction; brick-built; made of brick
A building or structure constructed primarily from bricks, or the method of building with bricks.
レンガ造りの建物が並んでいる。
Brick buildings line the street.
横浜の赤レンガ倉庫はレンガ造りの代表的な建築物だ。
The Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse is a representative example of brick construction.
明治時代に建てられたレンガ造りの洋館が、今も歴史的建造物として大切に保存されている。
A Western-style brick building constructed in the Meiji era is still carefully preserved as a historic structure.
A compound of レンガ (brick) and 造り (construction, making). The ～造り suffix is a productive pattern in Japanese for describing construction types.
Brick buildings are not native to Japanese architecture but were introduced during the 明治時代 (Meiji era) as part of Western-style modernization. Many iconic brick buildings from this period survive as cultural landmarks, such as 東京駅 (Tokyo Station) and the 横浜赤レンガ倉庫 (Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- レンガ造りの家: a brick house
- レンガ造りの壁: a brick wall
- レンガ造りの倉庫: a brick warehouse
- 赤レンガ造り: red brick construction
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 木造: wooden construction — the traditional building method in Japan
- 鉄筋コンクリート造り: reinforced concrete construction — modern standard for buildings
- 石造り: stone construction — built from stone